Edward Snowden: Republicans call for NSA whistleblower to be extradited Politicians denounce whistleblower's actions while civil libertarians hail him as a courageous hero

Republican Peter King has called for 

Edward Snowden's extradition. 

Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA

The NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden was condemned by US politicians and threatened with prosecution by the country's intelligence chief on Sunday after revealing himself as the Guardian's source for a series of explosive leaks on the NSA and cyber surveillance.

A spokesman for the director of national intelligence, James Clapper, said Snowden's case had been referred to the justice department and US intelligence was assessing the damage caused by the disclosures.

"Any person who has a security clearance knows that he or she has an obligation to protect classified information and abide by the law," the spokesman, Shawn Turner, said...[...]

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